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Government budgets: Is the bond market broken for the average investor? VIDEO SIGN OUT The regulators tell financial advisors that their clients need to have portfolios linked to their risk tolerance. Historically, this was accomplished with fixed income in portfolios. The rule of thumb was that the older you are, the safer your portfolio should be and the more fixed-income you should have. The problem for years now has been that bond yields have hit a level where the investor is worse off every year after inflation (tax and fees). For Canada, the entire bond market has a yield-to-wor...

U.S. futures rise with stocks as bond yields slip David Fingold's Top Picks: April 14, 2021 Archegos ripples through banks' lucrative hedge fund business NFT fans want to crack the Da Vinci code Fat finger briefly trims US$4B off Barclays' market cap Canaccord prepared to raise offer for rival RF Capital, CEO says Tech leads stock decline from record; bonds drop Ontario pension manager plots real estate cut, credit growth Gordon Reid's Top Picks: April 13, 2021 China Huarong's worsening bond rout stokes market contagion Stocks, bonds rise with inflation concern fleeting European Investment Ba...

Larry Berman: S&P 500 earnings expectations rise into sell-in-May rally VIDEO SIGN OUT Optimism around market performance, corporate earnings and economic recovery could be setting the tables for a traditional May sell-off. Bottom-up estimate expectations for 2021 were about US$164, according to S&P Global at the start of the year. Bloomberg consensus had similar numbers. FactSet, had the number at US$167 to start the year. They are currently at US$176. The current numbers for 2022 are about US$200. I think a 20-times multiple is expensive, compared to the historic mean 16.5-times, wh...